In
the biggest cash sale of
a geodomain reported since we began
tracking and verifying aftermarket
sales in 2003, Mark
Thomas, the Founder
& CEO of Florida-based VIPBrokerage.com,
has closed the $3 million sale
of California.com.
While the buyer was not identified,
a "Coming in Early 2019"
splash page is already up on the
prestigious domain. When we chart
this sale in our next weekly
domain sales report
(that will be released this evening)
California.com will not only be at
the top of our weekly and
Year-To-Date top sales charts, it
will also be added to our list of
the 20
biggest domain sales we
have reported.
California.com will be tied for #17
on that elite list (in 2000, before
we began tracking and verifying
aftermarket sales there were reports
of a $5 million sale of Korea.com).

Thomas
told us, "After several years
of intense negotiations, I am proud
to announce having brokered the
blockbuster sale of the special
‘geo’ domain name California.com
for $3

Mark
Thomas
Founder & CEO
VIPBrokerage.com

million." Mark is no
stranger to big sales. In 2017 he
had one of the year's five biggest
in 01.com at $1.82
million. He has been involved in
many others that, like most sales at
this level, were subject to NDA's,
including Tax.com, House.com, GG.com
andHH.com, to name a few. Thomas
said over his career he has brokered
and transacted over $60 million
in domain sales which credits to
"outbound marketing,
persistence and tenacity."

Thomas
noted that he recently brokered
another 7-figure sale under a
four-year lease with option to buy
agreement. Its likely we will see
more sales in that range from his
firm as they currently have
exclusive listings for Arizona.com,
Paradise.com, EE.com, OF.com,
Cups.com and GolfClubs.com, among
others. Mark will be at the upcoming
NamesCon
conference in Las Vegas,
so if you see him say hello and
congratulate him on this historically
significant sale.

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